Tuned into to BBC Radio 5 to-day half expecting lots of angry calls from the Public over this story. If anything the opposite was the case with many pointing out that Health & Safety or Maintainance Contracts stopped them as individuals from buying or changing light bulbs and pretty much anything else not in their job description. This all looks like what happens when you mix H&S legislation and a compensation culture
If it's was a PR11 stunt by MOD it may have served instead to show how much waste their now is in both Private and Public Sectors due to Government Legislation